Karachi:Leisure Leagues Small-sided Football National Championship’s line-up has been completed after Peshawar’s Shinwari Football Club clinched KPK Regional Championship title.
A total of four teams – one from each province have qualified for the national championship, which will be held here at People’s Stadium in Karachi on Sunday.
Karachi’s Abdul FC, Lahore’s Bata FC and Gwadar have already qualified for national finals after winning Sindh Region, Punjab Region and Balochistan Region Championships, respectively.
The KPK Regional Championship also included teams from Islamabad region. A total of 16 teams played in the event at four different venues. Six teams qualified for the final round held in Islamabad.
The six teams namely Swabi, Peshawar (Shinwari FC), Mingora, Rawalpindi, Ghulkin and Damas were divided into two groups. Peshawar topped Group ‘A’ and Rawalpindi topped Group ‘B’. Each team played two games in group stage. Peshawar’s Shinwari FC thrashed Rawalpindi in the final by 7-3 score to qualify for national championship.
The winner of the national championship will earn a prized ticket to Greece where the team will get a chance to represent Pakistan in the second edition of the Socca World Cup. The tournament will be held in Crete, Greece from October 12 to 20. Last year, Lahore’s ICAW represented Pakistan in the inaugural edition, which was hosted by Portugal in Lisbon.